Mental health provider appeals judge's order in Millet Harrison case

By Manuella Libardi

Updated 10:37 am, Thursday, July 30, 2015

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Millet Harrison sits in a conference room at Rusk State Hospital Tuesday in May, 2004. Harrison sho's been in the mental hospital after being found innocent by reason of insanity for killing his mother in Beaumont in 1994, has self-published a book on Christianity. less

Millet Harrison sits in a conference room at Rusk State Hospital Tuesday in May, 2004. Harrison sho's been in the mental hospital after being found innocent by reason of insanity for killing his mother in ... more

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At 3030 Magnolia Street, Millet Harrison Jr. stabbed and dismembered his mother in 1994. The home appeared occupied Thursday January 12, 2012, but no one answered the door. Dave Ryan/The Enterprise

At 3030 Magnolia Street, Millet Harrison Jr. stabbed and dismembered his mother in 1994. The home appeared occupied Thursday January 12, 2012, but no one answered the door. Dave Ryan/The Enterprise

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The state's largest mental health care provider said a Beaumont judge's order to provide a treatment plan for Millet Harrison, a diagnosed schizophrenic, should be dismissed because it was made without the provider's consent, an appeal filed Tuesday said.

Harrison, 67, has been confined to a mental institution in Rusk since he was found not guilty by reason of insanity in the 1994 slaying and dismemberment of his mother.

In November 2014, shortly after Harrison was granted a rehearing in his case, MHMRA executive director Dr. Steven Schnee notified Rusk State Hospital that the agency "would not be able to accept Harrison into outpatient treatment due to the limited resources available to address Harrison's complex mental health needs," the appeal said.

Gist and Harrison's attorney, Doug Barlow, have tried to find a group home for Harrison, who would still be under the state's supervision, Gist has said.

Barlow also said previously that he asked for Harrison's relocation to Harris County because that is where the former chemical engineer and computer programmer lived at the time of the crime and where he has relatives, including a son.